Budget Amendment ID: FY2023-S4-615-R1

Redraft EHS 615

Nursing Home Resident Protection

Mr. Montigny, Ms. Lovely and Mr. Pacheco moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4000-0601, by adding the following words:- “; provided further, that not later than January 1, 2023, MassHealth shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing, for fiscal year 2022: (a) the number of nursing facility clients on a leave of absence, delineated by the nursing facility, medical leave-of-absence days and medical leave-of-absence days that exceeded 10 days per hospital stay, nonmedical leave-of-absence days and the total number of days on leave of absence unduplicated member count; (b) licensed beds monthly capacity levels per nursing home and the monthly total number of empty beds per nursing facility, total number of all nursing home residents and total MassHealth nursing home residents; (c) the 6 separate MassHealth payment rates and the average payment amount rate per nursing facility client resident; (d) the actual number of nursing home residents for each of the 6 payment rates in clause (c); and (e) the aggregate payment amount per nursing facility by month; provided further, that the information in such reports shall be delineated by nursing facility, including grand totals where appropriate”.